To keep a backup SIM card during periods of poor network performance, I bought two SIMs from the only mobile operators in Lebanon, Touch and Alfa. 

To my surprise, I was forcibly subscribed to a paid ringtone service on my Alfa line that I did not sign up for.

Unknown to many users, activating the Alfa SIM automatically enrolls them in the “Melody” service, a subscription that costs $0.24 per month. This is the cost of 2 minutes of local call time and 12 text messages. 

Vor Kurzem waren die Studierenden der Universität dazu aufgerufen, ihre Vertreterinnen und Vertreter in den diversen Gremien neu zu wählen. Jetzt liegen die Ergebnisse vor. Mehr Informationen auf den Seiten des Wahlamts.

Herzstück des neuen Lagereglers ist eine Künstliche Intelligenz, die am Boden trainiert wird und später in der Erdumlaufbahn eigenständig Lageänderungen des Satelliten vornehmen kann. Entwickelt wird sie an zwei Informatik-Lehrstühlen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) mithilfe eines Verfahrens namens Deep Reinforcement Learning.

Sie zeigen ein Verhalten, das bisher nur vom Menschen bekannt war: Die Florida-Holzameisen (Camponotus floridanus) amputieren vorsorglich Gliedmaßen, um das Leben verwundeter Artgenossinnen zu retten. Bei bestimmten Verletzungen an den Beinen beißen sie diese komplett ab.

Join us at our next DMRC Visitor Seminar, led by visiting fellow, Prof. Kristy Hess, from Deakin University, Geelong Victoria, who will examining the outcomes from their recent ARC Linkage project, Supporting the sustainability of Australia’s local news ecosystem.
Date: Thursday 8 August, 2024
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: KG-Z9-607, Level 6, Kelvin Grove Campus, and virtually via zoom.

Join us at our next DMRC Visitor Seminar, led by visiting fellow, Dr. Richard Fletcher, Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, who will be delving into Is the public’s connection with news fraying? Global trends in news use and attitudes.
Date: Friday 12 July, 2024
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm

For the past two years, the European Commission has been pushing to radically change the internet and telecommunications market in the EU in order to benefit Europe’s largest telecom companies at the expense of innovation, net neutrality, and low broadband prices.

Muslims’ pilgrimage season (Hajj) was marked by the extensive use of 32 modern technologies by Saudi authorities to facilitate the trip of 1,833,000 pilgrims from 200 countries. Among these were 17 new technologies introduced this year.

Wie alle Technologien der Vergangenheit sind auch die digitalen Technologien ambivalent. Die digitale Transformation wird unsere Lebensbedingungen nicht automatisch humanisieren – es kommt darauf an, wie wir diese Technologie nutzen und entwickeln. Der digitale Humanismus plädiert für einen instrumentellen Umgang mit den digitalen Technologien: Was kann wirtschaftlich, gesellschaftlich und kulturell nützlich sein, und wo lauern potenzielle Gefahren?

Location

United States

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CLIMATE TRIBUNAL
The Fossil Fuels Industry on Trial
By Paolo Cirio
The Climate Tribunal wants to shift perception regarding climate change by exposing historical, scientific, political-economic, and criminal evidence of how the fossil fuel industry is accountable for having caused climate change.

Ratna Aini Haidi, a Research Associate at Safer Internet Lab, participated in the UNESCO Digital Platform Governance conference held from June 17-19, 2024, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. This event gathered global stakeholders dedicated to protecting digital freedom of expression and combating disinformation and hate speech.

Beltsazar Krisetya, the Principal Researcher at Safer Internet Lab, participated in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) on “The Formation of a Social Media Council in Indonesia,” organized by Kadin Indonesia on June 25, 2024.

On June 27, 2024, the annual conference on the rights of people with disabilities took place in the great hall of the University of Basel.

On June 27, 2024, the annual conference on the rights of people with disabilities took place in the great hall of the University of Basel.

Was arbeiten Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU)? Um Studierenden verschiedene Perspektiven vorzustellen, befragt Michaela Thiel regelmäßig ausgewählte Ehemalige. Sie ist Geschäftsführerin des zentralen Alumni-Netzwerks „Uni Wü Community".